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It sounds like Pierer has set up an incredibly bloated and complicated org chart of subsidiaries that rely on each other and probably inflate both the good and bad. A bit of a pyramid scheme it would seem.

It was this one: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/noco-genius2-smart-battery-charger-maintainer-desulfator-2-amp-6v-12v-0111982p.html Used the Force mode.

I tend to agree with Adri. There's more to enjoying the ride than the actual road, though it can be one of the reasons. Toolin' along lightly travelled dead strait concession roads that are part of the surveyed grid throughout Ontario on a bright summer day makes for a good ride because of the...

I completely drained a new LI battery on my Husqvarna 250 by leaving the key on. I bought a(nother) battery charger that was able to force a small charge into the battery then started a normal charge cycle. There doesn't seem to be any ill effects.

Agreed. I have a number of favorite roads/routes out here around Northumberland County. I've ridden all of them multiple times, though can always take an unfamiliar side road on occasion. A number of assorted places for coffee/snack or lunch, different places to stop and sit and relax. No...

YIKES!!!! Pretty sure you meant "resistible".

There were some discounts at GP late in fall. As I recall the biggest were on MX bikes and declined significantly once you got to the street legal enduros. Of course the GasGas bicycles are about 40% off in some cases.

She's no Ted Simon, but she's not really trying to be I guess so she's fine. I only started watching her this season, and then only sporadically. Mostly I was curious about the bike, but the Dutch girl accent kinda lured me in a bit because it reminded me of family in Holland. I was a little...

Better yet, build GasGas trials bikes and nothing else. Leave it as a profitable niche builder and brand. Build Husqvarna street legal enduros, drop all the other 4 stroke off road, maybe keep the 901 and keep two strokes Motocross/cross-country/enduro. Drop KTM 2 strokes and keep all the 4...

And prototypes or pre-production examples don't come to Canadian MC shows very often, and the ones that do are put on an inaccessible pedestal.

In 2009 Toyota has something like 8 million unsold cars in inventory and had to shut down their plants for 11 days. No question, Toyota has a better chance/certainty of clearing even that level of inventory than KTM has of clearing 100,000 too many units, and they only needed to shutter...

Yes, you are the only one. Just kidding. I also go primarily for the other stuff you mentioned. One year there was a particularly nice Norton Commando in the vintage area. I spent a lot of time at that bike, taking pictures of various things like front brake line routing and other stuff as the...

Nobody asked for my opinion (and probably shouldn't) but is the $800 AUD in your pocket, assuming you get a replacement for $4K REALLY worth it? You've got a bike now that suits your riding, has some versatility for off highway if the mood strikes, is in good condition after you fixed the brake...

My garage is a pole barn surrounded by a food source. Soy beans and corn on a yearly rotation. The rodents tend to store the soy beans wherever they can. Inside a glove left on a bench, an old cup used for pencils, or any other container left open a crack. They don't store the corn. And as...

Good point but I can't help thinking of the satisfaction gained from firing one or 2 of the little b#tards across the garage at spring start up.

Thank you for the recommendation. Frankford's closer as I live in Port Hope. I'll give him a call after Christmas. I will also try gluing the bait to the pad, though peanut butter has delivered.so far. I think I'll also try the box.

Yeah... I'm gonna try the bucket. It is the downside of living in the country and on a farm. Chipmunks, squirrels, rats and mice. Fortunately the rats are infrequent, and then only when there's corn in the field nearest.

Funny guy. You're a regular Bobby Bittman.

@#$% ! Went out and needed to move the bike. Pushed it off the centre stand and the rear end went boing-boing-boing. Being somewhat mystified, I pushed down on the seat and it responded again springing up and down like the front end of my 1974 Nova back in 1984. Over the course of sitting for...

"KTM faces and another challenge in they need to convert buyers from other brands -- that is made difficult when quality and longevity are buying concerns." Which is why they need to articulate a recovery plan ASAP.